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Writing the Coast: BC and Yukon Book Prizes Podcast

Welcome to Writing the Coast! This is the bi-weekly podcast where we chat with the authors and illustrators of the books who make up the shortlist of the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. On the episodes you"ll hear host and podcast coordinator Megan Cole chat with the folks who are creating some of BC and Yukon"s best books. We"ll also check in with the literary community in our region. For more information about the BC and Yukon Book Prizes visit: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/

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S4 Episode 33: Ingrid Love talks about the Elephant...

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2023/01/28

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Ingrid Love, the executive director of the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival. In their conversation Ingrid talks about her life long love of books, and describes the personality she's hoping to cultivate for the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival. ABOUT MEGAN COLE: Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan

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S4 Episode 32: Mary-Ann Yazedjian talks about her...

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2023/01/21

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Mary-Ann Yazedjian. Mary-Ann is the special projects manager at Book Warehouse and Black Bond books. In their conversation Mary-Ann talks about the books that transformed her, and how Amazon is devaluing books. ABOUT MEGAN COLE: Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays

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S4 Episode 31: Iona Whishaw talks about how a longing...

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2023/01/14

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Iona Whishaw. Iona is the author of A Lethal Lesson. A Lethal Lesson was a finalist for the 2022 Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award. In their conversation Iona talks about the real life person who inspired her character Lane Winslow. She also talks about how the Kootenays became the setting for her murder mystery series. ABOUT IONA WHISHAW: Iona Whishaw is a former educator and social worker whose mother and grandfather were both

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S4 Episode 30: Matea Kulić talks about what sets BC...

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2023/01/07

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Matea Kulić. Matea Kulić is the Executive Director of the Association of Book Publishers of BC. In their conversation Matea talks about what the Association does, and what she's excited for in 2023. ABOUT MATEA KULIC: Matea Kulić is the current Executive Director of the Association of Book Publishers of BC and formerly the Editorial Director of The Capilano Review. She lives in Vancouver, BC, with her partner and daughter, in an

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S4 Episode 29: Shane Goth talks about the power of...

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2022/12/10

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Shane Goth. Shane wrote The Midnight Club, which was illustrated by Yong Ling Kang. The Midnight Club was a finalist for the 2022 Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize. In their conversation Shane talks about how he founded The Midnight Club and how reading picture books with kids can be an amazing experience of collective imagining. ABOUT SHANE GOTH: Shane Goth is an MFA graduate from the University of British

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S4 Episode 28: Angela Ahn talks about how she wrote...

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2022/12/03

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Angela Ahn. Angela's book Peter Lee's Notes from the Field was a finalist for the 2022 Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize. In their conversation Angela talks about her journey to writing and publishing Peter Lee's Notes from the Field, and introducing ideas and emotions like shame into a middle grade novel. ABOUT ANGELA AHN: Angela Ahn is a former teacher and librarian. She is the author of several children’s books including

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S4 Episode 27: Fiona Tinwei Lam talks about...

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2022/11/26

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Fiona Tinwei Lam. Fiona is the City of Vancouver's 6th Poet Laureate. In their conversation Fiona talks about her legacy project as Poet Laureate, writing about place, and why she's drawn to working on anthologies. ABOUT FIONA TINWEI LAM: Fiona Tinwei Lam is the author of Intimate Distances (finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Prize), Enter the Chrysanthemum, and Odes & Laments. She also authored the illustrated children’s book,

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S4 Episode 26: Grahame Russel discusses why we aren't...

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2022/11/19

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Grahame Russell. Grahame edited Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala with Catherine Nolin. Testimonio was a finalist for the 2022 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. In their conversation Grahame talks about his NGO Rights Action, and about why Testimonio shouldn't be a provocative book. ABOUT GRAHAME RUSSELL: Grahame Russell is, since 1995, director of Rights Action. He is a non-practicing

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S4 Episode 25: Alix Ohlin talks about how we need new...

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2022/11/12

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Alix Ohlin. Alix's book We Want What We Want was a finalist for the 2022 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. In their conversation Alix talks about how she put her collection together, and how female "diades" came up as a theme in the book. ABOUT ALIX OHLIN: Alix Ohlin’s novel Dual Citizens, like her novel Inside, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker,

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S4 Episode 24: Ian Williams talks about putting...

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2022/11/05

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Ian Williams. Ian's book Disorientation: Being Black in the World was a finalist for the 2022 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. In their conversation Ian talks about the word "disorientation" and how he used it in the book, he also reflects on polarization and conversation. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ian Williams was born in Trinidad and raised in Canada. In 2019 he won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his first novel, Reproduction, which was

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S4 Episode 23: Barry Gough talks about how good...

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2022/10/29

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Barry Gough. Barry's book Possessing Meares Island: A Historian's Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound was a finalist for the 2022 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize. In their conversation, Barry talks about the title of the book and how "possession" plays into the history of Meares Island and it's retelling. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Barry Gough, one of Canada’s foremost historians, is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of

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S4 Episode 22: Karen Duffek and Jordan Wilson talk...

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2022/10/22

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Karen Duffek and Jordan Wilson. Karen and Jordan co-created Where the Power Is with the late Bill McLennan. Where the Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art was a finalist for the 2022 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize. In their conversation, Karen and Jordan talk about their collaborator Bill McLennan and his legacy. They also talk about the importance of putting the art in the contributors hands as a way to rebuild

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S4 Episode 21: Susan McClelland talks about what drew...

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2022/10/15

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Susan McClelland. Susan co-wrote Boy from Buchenwald with Robbie Waisman. Boy from Buchenwald is the winner of the 2022 Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize. In their conversation, Susan talks the challenges of working with memory and what draws her to projects like Boy from Buchenwald. ABOUT SUSAN McCLELLAND: Susan McClelland’s first book, Bite of the Mango (2008) is the true story of a young Sierra Leonean victim of war and has

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S4 Episode 20: Tara Borin talks about the importance...

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2022/10/08

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Tara Borin. Tara is the winner of the 2022 Borealis Prize: The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution. Tara's book The Pit was published in 2021 by Nightwood Editions. In their conversation, Tara talks about what the Borealis Prize has meant to the Yukon literary community, and what inspires the work they're doing. ABOUT TARA BORIN: Tara Borin is a poet and writer living in the traditional territory of the Tr’ondëk

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S4 Episode 19: Harsha Walia talks about drawing...

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2022/10/01

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Harsha Walia. Her book Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism is the winner of the 2022 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. In their conversation, Harsha talks about language and how the language we use has impacted how we see borders and immigration. ABOUT HARSHA WALIA: Harsha Walia is a South Asian activist and writer based in Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish Territories. She has been

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S4 Episode 18: Kallie George and Elly MacKay talk...

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2022/09/17

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Elly MacKay and Kallie George. Their book The Secret Fawn is a finalist for the 2022 Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize. In their conversation, Elly and Kallie talk about how they met and became friends, and how they try to capture wonder for their readers, and their own kids. ABOUT KALLIE GEORGE AND ELLY MACKAY: Kallie George is an author, editor and creative writing teacher. She has written numerous books for

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S4 Episode 17: Jenny Boychuk talks about why she...

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2022/09/10

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Jenny Boychuk. Her book Antonyms for Daughter is a finalist for the 2022 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. In their conversation, Jenny talks about writing about family, and how antonyms helped her explore the complexity of her relationship with her mother. ABOUT JENNY BOYCHUK: Jenny Boychuk was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, and holds an MFA from the University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers’ Program. Her poems and essays have

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S4 Episode 16: Carrie Jenkins talks about mental...

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2022/09/03

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Carrie Jenkins. Her book Victoria Sees It is a finalist for the 2022 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. In their conversation, Carrie talks about how the novel became a way for her to talk about topics and themes that she hadn't been able to discuss in other writing projects, and why Cambridge was the setting for Victoria Sees It. ABOUT CARRIE JENKINS: Carrie Jenkins is an award-winning philosopher and writer. She is Canada Research Chair in

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S4 Episode 15: Matt Rader talks about who Ghosthawk...

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2022/08/27

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Matt Rader. His book Ghosthawk is a finalist for the 2022 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. In their conversation, Matt talks about how walking and riding his bike helped him experience the land, plants and animals that inspired his book. ABOUT MATT RADER: Matt Rader is an award-winning author of four volumes of poetry and a collection of stories, What I Want to Tell Goes Like This (Nightwood Editions, 2014). His work has appeared in Best

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S4 Episode 14: Jordan Abel talks about how writing...

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2022/08/20

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Jordan Abel. Jordan's book NISGHA is a finalist for the 2022 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize and the 2022 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize. In their conversation, Jordan talks about thinking expansively about genre and writing, and how he approached the balance of text, white space and visuals in NISGHA. ABOUT JORDAN ABEL: Jordan Abel is a Nisga’a writer from Vancouver. He is the author of The Place of Scraps (winner of the Dorothy

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